Supporting Early Careers

Our postgrads, fellows or other early career researchers and technologists are part of a vibrant community that’s rapidly transforming the healthcare world for the better.

This page is dedicated to helping keep our early career members of the HDR UK community informed of what’s happening and so they can find out about – and hopefully connect with – peers in many areas of research and across all four nations on the UK.

It’s got information about HDR UK initiatives and programmes that can be valuable in advancing early stage careers and information about how to share stories and career successes.

Fellows and PhD students

Our PhD students or fellows are making a real difference to health and care. They are on course to become the health data research leaders of the future. Here you can meet peers and find out about the  research they are undertaking.

Training programmes are linked to our five Research Driver Programmes:

• Big Data for Complex Diseases
• Inflammation and Immunity
• Medicines in Acute and Chronic Care
• Molecules to Health Records
• Social and Environmental Determinants of Health

There is also the HDRUK-Turing Wellcome PhD Programme.

Opportunities For Early Career Researchers

Here are some of the initiatives and services we offer early career researchers and technologists.

Alumni Network

Network, find collaborators, get advice and learn about career opportunities by becoming part of our LinkedIn-based Alumni Network.

It’s free, member-led and open to anyone who has been part of one of HDR UK’s internships, post-graduate degrees, or fellowships. Benefits  include:

• Networking events nationwide
• Career fairs and connections with start-ups and SMEs
• Hands-on training events (including hackathons)
• Presentation and feedback opportunities for students
• Career development opportunities.

Mentorships

Making the most of your current role and opportunities and charting a path to the future has many challenges. Advice and support from people who are a little further along the route, who can give guidance and insights on the way forward can be invaluable.

HDR UK has launched a mentoring scheme for members of our Alumni Network – which allows you to benefit from the skills and experience of other health data scientists.

HDR UK Futures

Our free HDR UK Futures online learning platform features courses and events created and taught by experts in health data science. It allows students and early career professionals to keep at the forefront of developments, honing and broadening their skills and knowledge.

The Impact Committee

Early career professionals are at the heart of our Impact Committee – the group was set up to celebrate the most impactful outputs from across HDR UK and our contributors.

The committee works to demonstrate the value of HDR UK’s mission to unite the country’s health data to enable discoveries that improve people’s lives.

All of its members are all early career researchers – and we are always interested to hear from people wanting to apply to join the team. Email enquiries@hdruk.ac.uk.